Did I hear Schonert was hired as OC?

[jpdex12]

I could have sworn that I heard on Sirius NFL radio this morning that Schonert was named OC, but then I never heard anything more the rest of the day nor on the internet...

[shelby]

Re: Did I hear Schonert was hired as OC?

All i can find:

League sources told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Bills QBs coach Turk Schonert is "in line" be the team's next offensive coordinator.
Schonert has the support of the locker room, but there were indications that Buffalo would look outside the organization. Schonert's offense probably wouldn't be too much different from former coordinator Steve Fairchild's.

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[Nighthawk]

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It's not official, however, it sure seems that mediocrity will continue at One Bills Drive.

[Michael82]

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Schonert's offense probably wouldn't be too much different from former coordinator Steve Fairchild's.

That would really piss me off! We had the 30th ranked offense. Why the **** would it be the same?!?!

[Nighthawk]

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That would really piss me off! We had the 30th ranked offense. Why the **** would it be the same?!?!

It's the way they do things at One Bills Drive...and it sucks!

[RockStar36]

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It might be a similar system, but it probably will be different. Each person calls a different game, different people, different plays at different situations.

[Confused]

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not good news. some one invent a smilie that slits its own wrists.

[jpdex12]

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I was getting back in the whip to drive to my next destination and all I know is that I'm sure that I heard Schonert and Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator but I am not sure how they used it on the 2 minute drill.

I thought they said he was hired but they must have been throwing it out there as an option which we ALL already knew.

I drove through two more 2 minute drills and I never heard a word more so must have been speculation.

I would say that it will likely happen though as things are pretty quiet at OBD.

[shelby]

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Will do?

[jdbillsfan]

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I don't really think this is that bad. The players won't have to learn a whole new playbook, similar language, etc.

Fairchild didn't call a good game, obviously, but I am sure the right plays are in the playbook, its just a matter of calling the right ones. Hopefully Turk can do that.

I also think a lot of the conservative play calling had to do with the head coach. You could bring in Air Coryell and if Jauron wants to run out the clock at the end of the half with 1:30 left and two timeouts, then thats what is going to happen.

[Bone]

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I don't have a problem with it.

[justasportsfan]

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Bring back Mularkey. He's cheap but produced more than Fairchild.

[DMBcrew36]

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When Jauron is saying there will be 'big changes with the offensive play-calling,' it leads me to believe the job will go to someone outside the organization. But ofcourse it doesn't have to mean that at all. I personally think a fresh perspective would be very helpful to an offense that has had very few dimensions to it.

[LABillsFan]

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This was on another board.

For a while, there appeared the chance that Olson could end up in Buffalo. The Bills lost offensive coordinator Steve Fairchild when he returned to the college ranks as head coach at Colorado State.

Olson worked for Bills head coach Dick Jauron both in Chicago and Detroit. But league sources told the Post-Dispatch on Monday that Bills quarterback coach Turk Schonert is in line to become Buffalo's new offensive coordinator.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/spo...3?OpenDocument

[THATHURMANATOR]

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I don't know what to think of this...